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Chauvinism Or Cajolery?:
Patriotic Rhetoric in Textbooks for Primary Students Went Viral
#Denialism #NationalEducation
Chauvinism Or Cajolery?:
Patriotic Rhetoric in Textbooks for Primary Students Went Viral


Netizens shared texts from a new general studies textbooks, a mandatory subject in primary schools, and immediately went viral on the internet. On the matter of Hong Kong history, the book called British establishment of the Hong Kong colony as an "occupation", and stressed that Hong Kong, despite under the sovereignty of the UK, remained a "Chinese territory".

Critics questioned whether the curriculum was able provide students with an impartial and accurate view of history, calling the move political by pointing to Vladivostok, a Russian occupied territory of China only since Late Qing.

Editor's Note:
Hong Kong's mandatory education system is a two tier-system. About 5-6 years old, children will be enrolled into primary school and would study there for 6 years, after which they will study at secondary schools for 6 more years. Usually children will enroll in pre-class or kindergarten before primary school.

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#Feb20 #HistoricalNegationism #Education
#Denialism #HongKongPolice
Pro-dem Lawmaker Accuses Police of Distorting the Truth; Injured Civilians Worries About Being Arrested

Democratic Party legislator Lam Cheuk-ting has been accused of participating in a riot of Yuen Long on 21 July last year with another 6 people. A hearing was arranged today, with all defendants having been released on bail. The next hearing has been scheduled on 12 October.

Lam and the victims of the 7.21 Yuen Long Attacks met media together. Mr So, a chef who had wounds all over his back resulting from the attack by mobs that night, criticised the new version of events presented by police, and worried about being arrested in the future. Miss Lee, who was in Yuen Long station that night, said it’s ridiculous and cried agitatedly in the press conference.

Lam explained the sequence of the statement-taking with the police and criticised the police for making plaintiffs and witnesses of the Attacks into defendants. He stated that Chan Tun-chu, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) of Crime (NTN), for swearing black to be white and distorting the truth in their new version of events. He emphasised he has no regrets and called for witnesses providing photos and videos.

Source: RTHK
#Aug28 #HistoricalNegationism #PoliceState #MinistryOfTruth #YuenLong721 #LamCheukTing